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Upstream product

• 91133-05-0 1-nitro-2-(pent-1-en-1-yl)benzene 
• 109-67-1 1-penten 
• 615-36-1 2-bromoaniline 
• 104376-24-1 (E)-1-pentenylboronic acid 
• 91133-05-0 (E)-1-nitro-2-(pent-1-en-1-yl)benzene 

Downstream Products

• 1162682-08-7 2-propyl-1-tosyl-1H-indole 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

DMSO/SOCl2-mediated C(sp2)-H amination: Switchable synthesis of 3-unsubstituted indole and 3-methylthioindole derivatives

The reaction of 2-alkenylanilines with SOCl2 in DMSO was found to selectively afford 3-unsubstituted indoles and 3-methylthioindoles. This switchable approach was found to be temperature-dependent: at room temperature, the reaction afforded 3-unsubstituted indoles through intramolecular cyclization and elimination; while at higher temperature, the reaction gave 3-methylthioindoles via further electrophilic methylthiolation.

Pd-tBuONO Cocatalyzed Aerobic Indole Synthesis

A Pd-tBuONO co-catalyzed scalable and practical synthesis of indoles with molecular oxygen as terminal oxidant is developed. Either terminal or internal 2-vinylanilines could be smoothly converted to desired indoles under one general condition. This method has been evaluated in the large scale synthesis of indomethacin and a potential anti-breast cancer drug candidate 1. (Figure presented.).

Coupling Radical Homoallylic Expansions with C-C Fragmentations for the Synthesis of Heteroaromatics: Quinolines from Reactions of o-Alkenylarylisonitriles with Aryl, Alkyl, and Perfluoroalkyl Radicals

Selective addition of radicals to isonitriles can be harnessed for initiating reaction cascades designed to overcome the stereoelectronic restrictions on homoallylic ring expansion in alkyne reactions and to develop a new general route for the preparation of N-heteroaromatics. This method utilizes alkenes as synthetic equivalents of alkynes by coupling homoallylic ring expansion to yield the formal "6-endo" products with aromatization via stereoelectronically assisted C-C bond scission. Computational analysis of the homoallyic expansion potential energy surface reveals that the indirect 5-exo/3-exo/retro-3-exo path is faster than the direct 6-endo-trig closure, revealing the general exo-preference for the cyclization processes.

Selenium-catalyzed oxidative c(sp2)-h amination of alkenes exemplified in the expedient synthesis of (Aza-)indoles

A new selenium-catalyzed protocol for the direct, intramolecular amination of C(sp2)-H bonds using N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide as the terminal oxidant is reported. This method enables the facile formation of a broad range of diversely functionalized indoles and azaindoles derived from easily accessible ortho-vinyl anilines and vinylated aminopyridines, respectively. The procedure exploits the pronounced carbophilicity of selenium electrophiles for the catalytic activation of alkenes and leads to the formation of C(sp2)-N bonds in high yields and with excellent functional group tolerance.

Coupling cyclizations with fragmentations for the preparation of heteroaromatics: Quinolines from o-alkenyl arylisocyanides and boronic acids

Stereoelectronic restrictions on homoallylic ring expansion in alkyne cascades can be overcome by using alkenes as synthetic equivalents of alkynes in reaction cascades that are terminated by C-C bond fragmentation. Implementation of this approach using Mn(iii)-mediated reaction of o-alkenyl isocyanides and boronic acids leads to efficient synthesis of substituted quinolines.

Amides as precursors of imidoyl radicals in cyclisation reactions

Amides have been successfully used as precursors of imidoyl radicals for radical cyclisation. The amides have been converted to imidoyl selanides via reaction with phosgene to yield imidoyl chlorides followed by reaction with potassium phenylselanide. Imidoyl selanides were reacted with tributyltin hydride (Bu3SnH) as the radical mediator with triethylborane or AIBN as initiators to yield imidoyl radicals for cyclisation reactions. Imidoyl radicals have been cyclised onto alkenes to yield 2,3-substituted-indoles and -quinolines and also onto pyrroles and indoles to give bi- and tricyclic heteroarenes.